Render fills the gap Heroku left after killing its free tier — git-push deploys, managed Postgres, and background workers with genuinely simple pricing. It's newer than AWS-scale platforms, so enterprise features and third-party add-ons are thinner.
Render
4.6500 reviewsFree, then from $7/mo
Modern Heroku-alternative PaaS for deploying web services, static sites, and background workers from Git.
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Strengths
Ease of Use
85
Value
84
Features
80
Support
76
Pricing
Starter
Free
- Core features
- Community support
- Limited usage
Pro
Free, then from $7/mo
- Everything in Starter
- Priority support
- Higher usage limits
- Advanced features
Enterprise
Custom
- Everything in Pro
- Dedicated account manager
- SSO & advanced security
- Custom contracts
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